Hair Transplant And Hiv

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hair loss

I have been taking viread, videx and Kaletra. I am also considering hair transplant. I do have male pattern baldness in my family. I am 45 and am wondering if I should still pursue it with having HIV...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

I know of no reason why having HIV or taking your particular HIV regimen should be a problem if you decide to have a hair transplant for your baldness.KH... Read more »

HIV & Hair Loss

I contracted HIV at almost 50 years of age. I had a severe acute infection, with over 750k... Read more »

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A. »

kidney transplant in hiv patients

are there any trial studies being done on kidney transplants for healthy hiv patients if so, where... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Kidney Transplants Found Safe in HIV Patients

HIV-infected patients who received kidney transplantation had high patient and organ survival rates at both the first and third year after the surgery, a new study shows. An increasing number of people with HIV have end-stage renal disease (ESRD),... Read more »

United Kingdom: HIV Liver Transplant Outcomes Studied

Following liver transplantation, HIV-positive recipients have survival rates similar to HIV-negative recipients, according to a British research team. Kosh Agarwal at the Institute of Liver Studies at Kings College Hospital in London and colleagues... Read more »

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Kidney Transplant Survival Can Be Long-Term for People With HIV

A Johns Hopkins study finds that HIV-positive kidney transplant recipients could have the same one-year survival rates for themselves and their donor organs as those without HIV, provided certain risk factors for transplant failure are recognized... Read more »

South Africa Pioneers HIV-Positive Transplants

Cape Town surgeons recently conducted the first organ transplants from one HIV-positive patient to another, opening up a procedure that South African authorities once banned for those infected. Nearly a third of potentially transplantable organs are... Read more »

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Hiv survival on organic surfaces (e.g. skin, hair)

Posted by Antre, 2 Replies

Hallo. I have read a lot of articles before asking this question but I still have a question (maybe due to the fact that I do not have medical knowledge). We know that HIV does not survive for very long outside the body. Actually as soon as the body... Read more »

hair loss

Posted by mistake1, 1 Reply

does anyone know if hair loss is an hiv symptom and itchy skin also?
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Chronic Telogen effluvium (hair loss) - Help

Posted by smilek, 1 Reply

I've been diagnosed with HIV since 1992. I've been on numerous treatments although I'm currently on Norvir, Truvada and Prezista. For the past 5-6 years I have been going through a chronic hair loss, Telogen effluvium (thinning of the scalp). It... Read more »

Loss of Pubic Hair

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Is loss of pubic hair a symptom of ARS/HIV? Does anybody know?

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